The three-day Campus Film Festival organised by the Department of Mass Communication, Patkai Christian College (Autonomous), concluded on January 24 with vibrant participation and creative engagement.
The premiere calendar event of the college was presented by TVS and powered by Kaffa Cafe, in collaboration with SONY and Bingebox as associate partners.
A total of 24 films were screened during the festival, with 18 films showcased over the first two days and six films screened on the concluding day. A special screening session for children was also held on the second day.
The festival commenced on January 22 with an inaugural programme, followed by a filmmaking and photography workshop conducted by Sony C-Pro specialist, Md Noor Alam and Sony Alpha specialist, Saroj Kumar Dora. The screenings continued alongside various activities at stalls set up across the campus, creating an engaging festival atmosphere.
The final day began with a formal session featuring a film production workshop by filmmaker Tyrel Reuben Lyngdoh from Shillong. Addressing the students, Lyngdoh described cinema as a powerful medium for preserving memory and identity, stressing the importance of filmmakers from the North East telling their own stories rooted in local contexts and lived realities.
He further discussed the distinction between film, movies and cinema, highlighting cinema as both an art form and an industry.
Stressing discipline over fleeting inspiration, he encouraged students to approach filmmaking as a collaborative and sustained practice, underscoring resilience through rejection, consistency and networking as essential elements in building a career.
A major highlight of the concluding day was the screening of Inclination, directed by Prakash Boruah and her team. The film has been officially selected for the Egyptian American Film Festival (EAFF) 2025. The filmmaker also visited the campus and interacted with students during the screening.
The event concluded on a celebratory note with music, interaction and a vibrant atmosphere that brought together filmmakers, media professionals, students and visitors from other institutions, reinforcing the festival’s spirit of creativity and community.
